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Caesar

Caesar
Caesar's eventful life and reputation 2098 years after his birth.

Caesar
Great Caesar! is a biography of the greatest man ever, according to some.

Callimachus
Callimachus was the greatest Hellenistic era poet.

Callinus
Callinus of Ephesus was one of the first ancient Greek elegiac poets.

Camillus
Camillus had a checkered career, running in and out of public favor.

Caracalla
Son of the Emperor Septimius Severus, Caracalla killed his brother to gain power over the Roman Empire.

Lord Carnarvon
Glossary entry on the man who financed the work leading to the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb.

Cassandra
Cassandra princess of Troy was awarded to Agamemnon at the end of the Trojan War. Cassandra prophesied their murder, but as was true with all her prophecies, Cassandra was not believed. 

Cassius
Timeline of events in the life of one of the major conspirators in the assassination of Julius Caesar.

Cassius Dio
Roman historian from Nicaea who wrote in Greek.

Cato the ELder
M. Porcius Cato (Cato the Elder or Cato the Censor) was a 2nd Century B.C. Roman politician, general, and writer noted for his austere way of life and rigid principles.

Catullus
Famous Roman poet.

Chrysippus
Stoics & Moral Philosophy: Zeno, Cleanthes, and Chrysippus on the rational universe.

Cicero
Glossary entry on the Roman orator and statesman who uncovered the Catilinarian Conspiracy.

Cimon
Guest article on the Athenian general Cimon, presumed cousin of Thucydides, who participated in the Persian Wars.

Cincinnatus
Glossary entry on the Roman farmer who was named temporary dictator and then hurried home to resume his chores.

Cleanthes
Stoics & Moral Philosophy: Zeno, Cleanthes, and Chrysippus on the rational universe.

Cleisthenes
Solon may have started the democratic reforms in Athens, but it was Cleisthenes who made them work.

Cleopatra
Cleopatra, larger than life, as befits a human god, won the hearts of the leading men.

Clodia (Claudia)
Notorious woman of the Rome of Caesar, Cicero, and Catullus.

Clytemnestra
Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon.

Constantine the Great
Roman emperor who made Christianity the state religion.

Corinna of Tanagra
Fifth century Boeotian poet famed for defeating Pindar in a poetic competition.

Coriolanus
Story of the honor paid a Roman mother as exemplified by Coriolanus.

Cornelia
The mother of the Gracchi and a paragon of feminine virtue in Ancient Rome.

Croesus of Lydia
Ten reasons to know who this king of Lydia was.

Cylon
A tyrant wannabe.

Cyrus
Ruler of the Persian Empire.

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